Louis Onorato Giuffrida (October 2, 1920 – November 20, 2012) was the Ronald Reagan administration's first director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1981 to 1985. Giuffrida graduated from the University of Connecticut (B.A.) and Boston University (M.A.). He had a lengthy career in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of colonel in 1968. During his tenure at FEMA, Giuffrida developed much of FEMA's civil defense programs, including Continuity of Government.